Statistics
8 out of 10 sexual assaults are committed by someone who knows the victim.
Every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted.
And every 9 minutes, that victim is a child. Meanwhile, only 25 out of every 1,000 perpetrators will end up in prison.
Millions of women in the United States have experienced rape.
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As of 1998, an estimated 17.7 million American women had been victims of attempted or completed rape.
Young women are especially at risk.
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82% of all juvenile victims are female. 90% of adult rape victims are female.
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Females ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.
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Women ages 18-24 who are college students are 3 times more likely than women in general to experience sexual violence. Females of the same age who are not enrolled in college are 4 times more likely.
